Mileševa Monastery, Serbia 73 images Created 3 Apr 2013
During September 2012, I was blessed to be invited to photograph at the Milešiva Monastery in Serbia as a guest of Bishop Filaret and Reverend Hieromonk Leontije. Within the church dedicated to the Ascension of Christ is one of the best and well know frescoes of the Middle Ages of Serbia and Europe from the 13th century. Known as the "White Angel" it depicts the the arrival of the myrrh-bearers at the tomb of Jesus Christ on Sunday morning after his crucifixion. Sitting on the stone is the Angel Gabriel dressed in white who shows the place of Christ's resurrection and the empty tomb.
Gabriel tells the women “…you seek Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.”
Shortly after the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 over 50 years ago, this was the first image broadcast via satellite (Telstar), from Europe to America, the east to the west, as a symbol of peace and civilization. Later, this same image was transmitted deep into space in an attempt to communicate with any extraterrestrial life out there.
Today, the Milešiva monastery holds the relics of St. Sava, Serbian Prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the Serbian Church, founder of Serbian law and literature and a diplomat who served there in the early 14th century.
Gabriel tells the women “…you seek Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.”
Shortly after the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 over 50 years ago, this was the first image broadcast via satellite (Telstar), from Europe to America, the east to the west, as a symbol of peace and civilization. Later, this same image was transmitted deep into space in an attempt to communicate with any extraterrestrial life out there.
Today, the Milešiva monastery holds the relics of St. Sava, Serbian Prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the Serbian Church, founder of Serbian law and literature and a diplomat who served there in the early 14th century.
